Deadline: August 25, 2026
SUBMISSION FORM
San Diego, California
Seeking
- Four (4) ten-minute plays
- Two (2) full-length plays that will receive a workshop and undergo a short development process with the actors and creative teams.
- And one (1) full-length play that will be performed as-is, will be selected for a staged reading.
- All playwrights of full-length works will be provided travel and housing for the duration of the festival weekend (not including the workshop process).
Play must be written by women+ playwright(s).
Seeking
- Four (4) ten-minute plays
- Two (2) full-length plays that will receive a workshop and undergo a short development process with the actors and creative teams.
- And one (1) full-length play that will be performed as-is, will be selected for a staged reading.
- All playwrights of full-length works will be provided travel and housing for the duration of the festival weekend (not including the workshop process).
Play must be written by women+ playwright(s).
Works submitted must be unpublished, unproduced, and available for production.
Only one (1) submission is allowed per playwright.
Character/Casting Limit:
Festival selections are limited to works that can be performed by a maximum of six actors total: five actors covering principal roles and one actor covering stage directions and/or minor cameo roles. Plays with larger character lists are still eligible, provided the material can reasonably be performed within this casting structure through doubling or multi-role casting. If you are considering multiple works for submission, we encourage you to keep this limitation in mind. Writers are still welcome to submit works that exceed this structure if they feel strongly the piece should be considered.
Every playwright who submits to the festival will receive a response by email, regardless of the outcome.
Festival selections are limited to works that can be performed by a maximum of six actors total: five actors covering principal roles and one actor covering stage directions and/or minor cameo roles. Plays with larger character lists are still eligible, provided the material can reasonably be performed within this casting structure through doubling or multi-role casting. If you are considering multiple works for submission, we encourage you to keep this limitation in mind. Writers are still welcome to submit works that exceed this structure if they feel strongly the piece should be considered.
Every playwright who submits to the festival will receive a response by email, regardless of the outcome.
We anticipate notifying playwrights of their semi-finalist status by September 2026, with final festival selections informed in November 2026.
Submitting is free and playwrights are not required to self-produce. Production of selected works happens in-house with MOXIE, and there are no participation fees for festival selections.